[Stoves] Aprovecho Research Center Summer 2011 stove camp.

[Mike Hatfield]

Hello all,

Just wanted to make sure everyone is invited to this years stove camp at
Aprovecho Research Center.  You can download the schedule on our website at
http://www.aprovecho.org/lab/work/conferences/stove-camp/13/73-stove-camp-2011-summer

But here is a cut an pasted version: The week of camp in $300 and includes
classes, a beautiful camping spot next to the river, facilities and one big
ol' party.  It is July 25-29th and hope to see many of you here!!

Aprovecho Summer Stove Camp 2011

“Fuels of the Future”

*Monday, July 25*

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*Morning: Welcome to Stove Camp*

Introduction to Stove Camp and the Emissions Lab:

The Cat Pee Awards*

Logistics of Cooking, Eating, Sleeping, Conviviality



*Opening Session Lectures:*

   1. Introduction to Testing and Evaluation Methodology: Assessing
   alternative Fuels Using Indoor Air Pollution Monitor (IAP) in Test Kitchen
   and Portable Emissions Monitoring System (PEMS) in Lab
   2. No Emissions Solar Cooking – Can Solar Go Global?



*Afternoon Session Lectures and Tours*

   1. Rocket Stoves
   2. Heat Transfer Efficiency
   3. Top-lit updraft stoves (TLUDs or gassifiers) today
   4. Institutional Stoves, Stove Factory
   5. Alternative fuel production



*Afternoon Discussion* – Realistic potential of alternative fuels/cooking
technologies



*Tuesday, July 26*

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*Morning Session Lecture and Dividing into Working Groups*

   1. Lecture:  Super clean burning technologies
   2. Breaking into intellectual camps (Participants will define their goals
   for Stove Camp)
   3. Alternative Fuels Groups: Using the emission hood with various
   alternative fuels
   4. Solar Stoves Groups: Making solar stoves that best please participants

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*Afternoon* *Discussion*: How do we and a Global Alliance make 100 million
stoves by 2020?

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*Wednesday, July 27*

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*Morning Session:*

   1. Discussion of Test Results from Tuesday
   2. Lecture:  ARC testing equipment and WBT, CCT, KPT
   3. Intellectual Villages Continue their Discoveries!



*Afternoon** Discussion*: The History of the Stove Movement and Forces at
Work



*Thursday, July 28*

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*Morning Session:*

   1. Discussion of PEMS and IAP Test Kitchen Results from Wednesday
   2. Lecture:  Institutional Stoves and Chimney Stoves
   3. Intellectual Villages Continue their Discoveries!
   4. Testing and Building!



*Afternoon Discussion*: 50 Million Solar Stoves?



*Friday, July 29*

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*Morning Session:*

Discussion of Test Results from Thursday

Lecture:  ARC IAP study: The option of ventilation for protecting health

Presentation of projects by participants

Cat Pee Awards: Best TLUD/Fuel Combination and Best Solar Cooker

** The Cat Pee award is named after a PowerPoint slide used by Dr. Kirk
Smith explaining that burning a rag soaked in cat pee and smelling if there
was an attendant odor was used in the 1700’s to test for a clean burning
stove.*

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*Noon: Farewell Lunch*

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*Some General Notes:*

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*Participants are encouraged to bring camping gear and camp out on our
4-acre campus by the river. July weather is generally mild, with occasional
rain. A variety of hotels/motels are available for those who do not choose
to camp out.*

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*Meals will be casual, cooperative, and pot-luck. Everyone will have
opportunities to prepare food on a variety of stoves. Aprovecho will provide
one feast: dinner and a party. *

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*Bring your musical instruments for informal evening gatherings.*

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*Sorry, but we cannot accommodate pets.*

I=
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Mike Hatfield
Coordinator of International Projects
(541) 357-9857
Aprovecho Research Center
www.aprovecho.org (stoves)
www.aprovecho.net (education center)

Statistically, the probability of any one of us being here is so small that
you'd think the mere fact of existing would keep us all in a contented
dazzlement of surprise     -Lewis Thomas
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